Study Guide

Objective

• You are trained in evidence-based emergency care
• You are trained to assess the patient’s need for emergency or acute treatment and perform this treatment as a member of an inter-disciplinary team
• You understand your professional responsibilities and the basics of ethical work and the requirements for encountering an acutely ill patient, and you are able to maintain and improve patient safety
• You are able to assess your competence and development

Content

Evidence-based work in emergency care, acute care, anesthesiology and intensive care work according to the patient care pathway

• Acutely ill or injured patients
• Acute emergency care and treatment of surgical, neurological and pediatric patients and patients with internal diseases
• Patient care pathway
• Operation after disasters
• Inter-disciplinary cooperation

Decision-making process
• Assessing seriously and acutely ill/injured patients' need for care
• Treatment of a critically ill or injured patient
• Inter-disciplinary cooperation
• Treatment of surgical, neurological and pediatric patients and patients with internal diseases
• Non-medicine treatment methods used in emergency care, acute care, anesthesiology and intensive care
• The basics of transporting an intensive care patient and preparing the patient for transportation (transportation and handover)

Medicine and pharmacology
• Medicine in emergency care, acute care and intensive care
• Medicine and fluid therapy for anesthesia patients

Qualifications

The professional competence of a nurse responsible for general care (180 ECTS)